Republic of Korea Army

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Inch’ŏn landing

...its powerful attack across the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950, North Korea’s Korean Peoples Army (KPA) had pushed relentlessly southward down the peninsula, driving before it the demoralized
Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) and poorly prepared and understrength units of the U.S. 24th Division that had been hastily sent over from the Eighth Army in Japan. Not until the first weeks of August...

Korean War

...opposed this, and by autumn partisan warfare had engulfed parts of every Korean province below the 38th parallel. The fighting expanded into a limited border war between the South’s newly formed
Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) and the North Korean border constabulary as well as the North’s Korean People’s Army (KPA). The North launched 10 cross-border guerrilla incursions in order to draw ROKA...

leadership of Walker

...Douglas MacArthur’s Far East Command. Following the North Korean invasion of South Korea on June 25, 1950, Eighth Army headquarters transferred to Taegu, S.Kor. Walker also received command of the
Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) and of other United Nations forces as they arrived. With most of his U.S. units understrength, his ROKA forces demoralized, and tactical air support insufficient, Walker...